BSME Technical Electives

 

Students must select at least three courses from Group 1 and may select at most one course from Group 2.

 

Group 1*

Course #

Course Name

Cr

Department

ECE 382

Feedback System Analysis and Design

3

Engineering

ME 421

Heating and Air Conditioning I

3

Engineering

ME 424

Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems

3

Engineering

ME 454

Intermediate Dynamics with Computer Applications

3

Engineering

ME 471

Vibration Analysis

3

Engineering

ME 480

Finite Element Analysis

3

Engineering

ME 505

Intermediate Heat Transfer

3

Engineering

ME 509

Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

3

Engineering

CE 570

Advanced Structural Mechanics

3

Engineering

 * Other 5xx-level courses offered by the engineering department may be included in Group 2 with approval.   Note a course cannot be counted towards both an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree.

Group 2*

Course #

Course Name

Cr

Department

ME 373

Numerical Methods in Engineering

3

Engineering

ME 497

Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

1-6

Engineering

ME 498

Research in Mechanical Engineering

3

Engineering

ME 499

Research in Mechanical Engineering II

3

Engineering

ECE 418/
CS 321

Computer Graphics

3

Engineering

Computer Science

ECE 483

Digital Control Systems-Analysis and Design

3

Engineering

ECE 595

Selected Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering

3

Engineering

SE 510

Introduction to Systems Engineering

3

Engineering

SE 520

Engineering Economics

3

Engineering

MA 510

Vector Calculus

3

Math

MA 511

Linear Algebra with Applications

3

Math

MA 523

Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

3

Math

MA 525

Introduction to Complex Analysis

3

Math

STAT 511

Statistical Methods

3

Math

STAT 512

Application of Regression Analysis

3

Math

CHEM 371

Physical Chemistry

3

Chemistry

PHYS 322

Optics

3

Physics

PHYS 342

Modern Physics**

3

Physics

* Other 5xx-level courses offered by the engineering, math, or physics departments may be included in Group 2 with approval.   Note a course cannot be counted towards both an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree.

** PHYS 342 is also listed as a General Education Course Area VI. It can not be counted as both a technical elective and a Gen Ed course.  Mechanical Engineering majors that take PHYS 322 and PHYS 342 also earn a minor in Physics. For more information visit: http://www.engr.ipfw.edu/undergraduate/minor_physics.shtml

 

Last updated December 2007